Nationality German Occupation Politician | Name Alois Karl Role German Politician | |
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Born 22 November 1950 (age 73) ( 1950-11-22 ) Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany Political party German:
Christian Social Union
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European People's Party Website | ||
Alois Karl (born 22 November 1950) is a German politician from the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. He is a member of the German Bundestag representing Amberg. He also was Mayor of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz from 1990 to 2005.
Karl has been a member of the Budget Committee and its Sub-Committee on European Affairs since 2005; in 2014, he became the sub-committee’s deputy chairman. On the Budget Committee, he serves as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on the budget of the Federal Foreign Office. In addition, Karl serves as chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Baltic States and as member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
In the negotiations to form a coalition government following the 2009 federal elections, Karl was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on transport and building policies; led by Hans-Peter Friedrich and Patrick Döring.